Crime

Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis

The number of teenage boys killed on our streets has more than doubled in a decade. We spoke to some of the bereaved parents trying to make sense of it all

Bangladesh war crimes tribunal puts its founder in the dock

The ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina is being tried in absentia as she refuses to leave India. She is in other trouble too

‘The torment that drove my mother to kill my father’

The writer reflects on a crime which shaped his own life, 10 years after coercive control was made a crime

Potential pardon for Maxwell is a political ploy

Speculation that Epstein’s ex-girlfriend could be surprise beneficiary of partisan US politics

How DNA discovery freed a mother jailed for killing her children

Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison until scientist Carola Vinuesa uncovered the truth about her case – in a drop of blood

Court backlogs mean rape victims are giving up on justice

A report into the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) finds prosecutors too often focus on the behaviours and actions of the victim

Summer jobs scheme lacks scale and ambition

A holiday work programme could kickstart economic growth but it needs more government support

The Sycamore Gap sentencing: ‘they know not what they do’

Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham may have been sentenced but this is not the last we’ll hear of their crime

In a tech race against crime, the scammers are streaking ahead

The police lack time, resources and support of a public fearful of violent crime. Should banks take more responsibility?

Mock trial tackles the mystery of stolen Greek treasure

With a fictitious case, academics imagine how justice over high-profile museum thefts might unfold

Arms deals, French mercenaries and a murdered ANC leader

In 1988, Dulcie September said she had uncovered illegal arms deals between France and South Africa. Days later she was dead

If we don’t fight for our juries, trial by AI is coming

The huge backlog of court cases already represents a miscarriage of justice. Seeking to cut corners by replacing trial by jury would only make it worse

The human impact of the Post Office scandal will go down in history

More than 10,000 people are estimated to have been affected by the miscarriage of justice

Rape trials collapse in record numbers as victims walk away

Waits of up to four years lead to abandoned prosecutions as survivors reach ‘breaking point’

If we want less crime, we need to lock up fewer people

Taking a tough stance has led to overcrowded jails and soaring costs. Yet evidence shows that non-custodial sentences are more effective

A toxic legacy: serial killers and environmental pollution

The Pacific Northwest has famously born a high number of serial killers. But what created this toxic environment – and triggered an epidemic of killing?

Grooming gang victims want justice, not yet another inquiry

As specialists review hundreds of closed cases, exploitation and abuse are ‘still going on’

People smuggling replaces drugs at top of NCA caseload

Pressure to focus on human trafficking has massively increased under Labour, say crime agency sources, as Channel small-boat crossings hit record numbers